The iTunes App Store offers downloads of several apps for Apple iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad for free, as listed below. At $1 to $5 off, each is at the lowest price we've seen. The deals, all with applicable platforms noted:

• Thousand Heroes for iPhone / iPod touch: Platformer
• Jet Ball for iPhone / iPod touch: Brick Breaker
• Rhythmatic for iPhone / iPod touch: Music rhythm game
• Empires for iPhone / iPod touch (pictured): War strategy game
• Suicide Kings for iPhone / iPad: Poker puzzle game
• Pictorial HD for iPhone / iPad: Hidden image game
• Kyotokei for iPhone / iPad: Arcade shooter